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Wednesday, September 19, 1934
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The Headlines
LOTTERY AND RELIEF TAXES VOTED BY CITY ASSEMBLY; MAY YIELD ONLY $15,000,000; NEED PUT AT $50,000,000 Long-Term Borrowing Looms to Make Up the Amount. DEUTSCH SCORES LOTTERY. Refuses to Give His Approval to 'Municipal Gambling' -Mayor Doubts It Is Legal. HEARING ON TAXES SEPT. 25 With New Revenue in Prospect Chance for Loans Brightens -- Checks Sent to Needy. RELIEF PROGRAM APPROVED BY CITY
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Blue Moon
Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart
The must-have
Sorry! (Board Game)
You Share a Birthday With
- William Golding (1911)
- Henry III of France (1551)
- Masatoshi Koshiba (1926)
- Emil Zátopek (1922)
- Lajos Kossuth (1802)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
damefellaswelllousy
Hardboiled
clip jointgriftershamusgunsel
Swing Era
alligatorjitterbugkiller dillerin the groove
Tech Check
Cat's Eye Road Studs, Telex & Hammond Organ.
Cost of Living (1930)
Loaf of Bread
$0.09
Gallon of Gas
$0.20
Average Home
$3,900
New Car
$640
Time Elapsed
33,497 days ago
(91 years, 282 days)